Walt Disney World Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon

I planned on running the entire race with Shaun. We were having lots of fun but I started getting pretty bad foot pain that had me thinking about quitting! It hurt really badly.We were running at Shaun's pace and we were doing a run/walk plan which I thought would be good for me but eventually I finally realized that what I needed to do was just run at my normal pace because it hurt too much to walk. SO At about mile 8 I told Shaun I had to stop walking and went off on my own. As soon as I started running at my normal pace the pain got better so I decided to start picking up the pace more and more. The faster I went, the better I felt! We ran the first half in about 1:14 and I did the second half in about an hour. Nutrition was water and powerade.

Got my Donald medal, got some food, hung out being silly and waited for everyone to finish. After the race Gina stretched me out really good and I worked on my totally messed up calf and foot to try to get it ready for the next day...the marathon.


FUN! I went to Orlando DETERMINED to just do the half marathon. But, the seond I got to Wide World of Sports for packet pickup I knew I would do both. When I got my packet they put the Goofy Challenge bracelet on me and this year they gave us Goofy Challenge shirts! I knew I couldn't have that shirt and know that I didn't do both races. I know it was stupid, but I don't regret it at ALL and I had an awesome PR marathon, so there!